Tesco Clubcard

 I just realized what a silly mistake I had made.


This is purely my observation without any evidence. I found that Tesco (yes, that's right, one of the most common supermarkets across the UK, the Tesco) has been promoting discount exclusively to members since this summer. That is, if you apply for a Tesco Clubcard, either an app on your smartphone or a physical card, and show it when pay, you get discounts on a bunch of goods. I noticed this when the Tesco near me, where I almost visit every two to three days,  started to display veg and fruit goods of those with members-only discounts on the shelf where is closest to the entrance, where there used to be displaying veg and fruit goods with discounts for all customers. 

I guess this strategy works on me, so not long after I noticed the change I tried to apply for a Tesco Clubcard. What I did was I opened the App Store on my iPhone, which is an iPhone 6 by the way, I have another story for my old iPhone recently, searched "Tesco Clubcard" and downloaded the first result that came out without a second thought. After I downloaded the app, what I needed to do was filled in my personal information and applied for a Clubcard, which all went pretty okay and I got a barcode afterwards, meaning the success of my application; at least that was what I thought.     

The next time I went to the Tesco and remembered I already had a Clubcard and therefore, picked up a  few items of members-only discounts. But when I tried to pay at till I failed to use my Clubcard wither by scanning the barcode on my phone or key in the number of the code directly. I was told by a staff who tried to help me that this situation happens sometimes when first-use of the Clubcard if I still fail next time, try to call the service. And I still couldn't use my Clubcard the next time I went to the Tesco, but I was lazy to call the service. I thought it might be easier to just delete and download the app again and apply for a new Clubcard.

Right, so I did the same thing - searched "Tesco Clubcard" on App Store and checked the result that came out the first. And then, I found out that the first result was actually "Tesco Clubcard Česko," which I did not think as a correct result - I have little knowledge about other European languages, but I know Česko means Czech or something related to Czech since I just went to Czech for holidays last Christmas, but there was nothing looks like the right Clubcard that I can use in the UK. So I went to Google, searched "Tesco Clubcard UK" and tried to get the right app. The search result that led me back to the App Store showed me that  "App not Available -- The app is currently not available in your country or region." Right, I still register my App account in Taiwan, only occasionally that I change my region of residence to the UK. So this explained why I could not use the Tesco Clubcard.  

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